About the day » Sunday December 7, 1884Calender converter

• Adrianus Borghmans, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1886)
• Alijda Adriana (2) Dekker, Utrecht († 1895)
• Aaltje Kampinga, Groningen († 1940)
• Aaltje Eilander, Dalfsen
• Aapko BOVEN, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1885)
• Afonso Barros Santos, Limeira, São Paulo, Brasil († 1955)
• Albertje Nijwening, Wezup, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham de Keuning, Nieuw en Sint Joosland († 1962)
• Alberta Johanna Mulder, Epe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Abraham Pieter Overduin, Arnhem († 1886)

• Annigje Hendriks Evendik (61), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Antonia ALTHOFF (94), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Pater (85), Willige Langerak, NL
• Aagtje Boll (81)
• Adriana Vos (0), Eethen, Genderen en Heesbeen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Akkeren (73), Steenbergen
• Aletta Cornelia Schram (38), Sliedrecht
• Anna Lucia van Zundert (0), Ossendrecht
• Adriana van der Klooster (81), Sint Annaland
• Anna Catharina Dijken, van (40), Herveld gem. Overbetuwe Gld. NL

• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
• 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
• 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
• 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)
• 1887 » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)
• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)
• 1893 » Fay Bainter, American actress († 1968)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on December 7, 1884 was about 8.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.